Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other problems when using the
Auto MCACC Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . 11
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Analog audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Video cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting a DVD player and TV . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting other video components . . . . . . 17 Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . 18
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting to the front panel audio mini jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 30 Setting the effect options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 31 Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 32 Using surround back channel processing . . . 32 Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB) . . . . . . 32 Using Midnight and Loudness . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 34 Selecting the front audio inputs . . . . . . . . . . 35
06 USB playback
Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Compressed audio compatibility. . . . . . . . . 37
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
04 Controls and displays |
| 08 Using the tuner |
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Front panel | 23 | Listening to the radio | 47 |
Display | 24 | Improving FM stereo sound | 47 |
Remote control | 26 | Tuning directly to a station | 47 |
Operating range of remote control | 28 | Saving station presets | 47 |
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| Naming station presets | 48 |
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| Listening to station presets | 48 |
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| Changing the frequency step | 48 |
